Özlem Özcan | Head of Division, Material and Surface Technologies
B.A.M. Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing

Özlem has an academic background in electrochemistry and material science. She focusses on the application of electrochemical methods for synthesis and characterisation of functional materials for corrosion protection and green electrocatalysis. Her research revolves mainly around metals and alloys, in all forms, as bulk materials, thin films and nanoparticles. A special focus of her research are multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) which break from the conventional alloy concepts by offering a near infinite compositional space. To tackle this complex design challenge, she relies on Material Acceleration Platforms (MAPs) and AI-guided autonomous material discovery. Özlem is also coordinating the MAP-activities at the Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing (BAM).

Appearances:

Day 1: 27th May @ 16:30

Level up your lab: Smart strategies to maximise efficiency

This session will cover:

Data optimisation (including efficiency management of meta data)
Digital twin
Lab automation

Vitaly Biniyaminov, Lab Automation Expert, Steinbeis-Beratungszentrum Digitale Transformation und Prozessautomatisierung

Özlem Özcan, Head of Division, Material and Surface Technologies, B.A.M. Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing

Brian Richard Pauw, R&D Scientist and engineer, B.A.M. Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing

Day 2: 28th May @ 11:30

Panel: The Future of self-driving labs and their applications

What is the current landscape for SDLs?
Why is chemical/ material science leading the way with SDLs and what can other application do to avoid being left behind?
What are other possible future SDL applications? – drug discovery agriculture
Where to start when implementing a self-driving system in a lab?

Kourosh Malek, Head of Department AI and Data Analytics, Forschungszentrum Juelich

Nipun Gupta, Staff Research Scientist, Acceleration Consortium, University of Toronto

Giulio Volpin, Process Research Laboratory Lead, Bayer Crop Science

Moderator: Claudio Battilocchio, Digital automation and IoT Lead, Syngenta

Özlem Özcan, Head of Division, Material and Surface Technologies, B.A.M. Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing

Day 2: 28th May @ 13:45

Building an ecosystem around autonomous Materials Acceleration Platforms for scale-up production of advanced functional materials for sustainable energy technologies

This session explores how to build an ecosystem around autonomous Materials Acceleration Platforms (MAP) for advanced functional materials in sustainable energy technologies. Three speakers will provide insights: one on the COST-Action EU-MACE, an ongoing European project establishing such an ecosystem; another will showcase a specific example on connecting traditional (legacy) laboratories to a MAP in practice; and the third will highlight the critical role of communication in bridging diverse stakeholders to foster collaboration and accelerated innovation.

Sawako Nakamae, Head of Lab, CEA